Humanitarian Relief Efforts

Images of military personnel loading supplies and providing humanitarian assistance during natural disasters, emphasizing resource mobilization.

U.S. military personnel assigned to United States Central Command unload critical supplies off a U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster III aircraft in support of a USAID-led humanitarian mission at Sukkur Airport, Pakistan, Sep. 10, 2022. USAID leads the U.S. Government's international development and disaster assistance, helping people emerge from humanitarian crises, such as the catastrophic flooding currently plaguing Pakistan.

110322-N-8607R-311PACIFIC OCEAN (March 22, 2011) Marines load humanitarian assistance supplies onto a CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). USS Essex is off the coast of Japan providing humanitarian assistance as directed in support of Operation Tomodachi.

Palletized supplies destined to be repackaged and then airdropped to Deep Freeze personnel on Antarctica are offloaded at the Christchurch International Airport from the McChord AFB, WA based-62nd Military Airlift Wing's C-141B Starlifter sitting in the background. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: MID-WINTER AIR DROP Country: New Zealand (NZL)

Contractors from the 88th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio and U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 1st Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Florida unload cargo from an MC-130J Combat Talon II aircraft Sept. 27, 2022. Aircraft, equipment and Airmen were repositioned to WPAFB in preparation for possible impacts from Hurricane Ian.

030416-F-5789F-004. Base: Bashur Air Field Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. military personnel assigned to United States Central Command unload critical supplies off a U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster III aircraft in support of a USAID-led humanitarian mission at Sukkur Airport, Pakistan, Sep. 10, 2022. USAID leads the U.S. Government's international development and disaster assistance, helping people emerge from humanitarian crises, such as the catastrophic flooding currently plaguing Pakistan.

DF-ST-87-13284. Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

A C-141 Starlifter cargo aircraft from the 452nd Avionics Maintenance Wing (AMW) Air Force Reserve (AFRES), March AFB, Calif, flew in relief goods. Their mission is to assist refugees who entered Zaire in massive surge to flee the civil war in Rwanda. Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR)

010918-F-5964B-004. Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010731-F-2369R-007. Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

040203-F-9871C-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020208-F-1631A-015. Base: Zaragosa Air Base Country: Spain (ESP) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

030415-F-1631A-007. Base: Camp Sarafovo, Burgas State: Bourgas Country: Bulgaria (BGR)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Justin Constantino, 380 Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron air transportation craftsman, secures personal luggage on a C-17 Globemaster from Joint Base Lewis McChord, Wash. at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 31, 2022. The Air Transportation Function at Al Dhafra loads everything from personal baggage to personnel movers for transport via cargo planes around the Air Force Central Command Area of Responsibility.

U.S. military personnel load supplies from a K-loader onto a C-141B Starlifter aircraft for deployment to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown

Pallets of meals-ready-to-east sit on the pier at Morehead City, N.C. awaiting to be loaded onto the amphibioius assault ships USS Bataan, Carter Hall and Fort McHenry, Jan. 15, 2009. The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit will deploy to the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation of Haiti to conduct sea-based humanitarian assisstance and disaster relief.

030125-F-2185F-002. Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A K-Loader carries a load of pallets to upload onto a C-5 Galaxy at RAF Fairford, England. The C-5 Galaxy is assigned to the 9th Airlift Squadron, Dover AFB, Delaware, it will airlift cargo and personnel deployed to RAF Fairford as part of the 2d Air Expeditionary Group in support of Operation ALLIED FORCE back to the states. ALLIED FORCE objective "is to degrade and damage the military and security structure that President Milosevic (Yugoslav President) has used to depopulate and destroy the Albanian majority in Kosovo," William S. Cohen, Secretary of Defense. Subject Operation/Series: NATO Operation JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Raf Fairford State: Gloucestershire Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

120308-N-VY256-191 ARABIAN SEA (March 8, 2012) Sailors aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG 71) receive supplies from the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) during a replenishment at sea. Cape St. George is deployed as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

221018-N-YT061-1029 NORFOLK, Va. (Oct. 18, 2022) Logistics Specialist 3rd Class Tyzael Keeling, from Portsmouth, Virginia, off-loads tires in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), October 18, 2022. Truman is the flagship of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group and is currently in port at Naval Station Norfolk.

MASTER Sergeants Ric Bass, (left), and Al Murguia, both with the 730th Airlift Squadron from March Air Reserve Base, California, push a pallet into position onboard a C-141C Starlifter that will transport a cargo load from Christchurch, New Zealand, to McMurdo Station in Antarctica during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE 2001 Base: Christchurch State: Canterbury Country: New Zealand (NZL)

U.S. Virgin Islands National Guard Soldiers load up supplies at the Joint Force Headquarters Virgin Islands on St. Croix, to be distributed to local residents at a nearby school. Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands were devastated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria within several weeks of each other.

Airmen of the 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron palletize flood relief items bound for Pakistan September 8, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Tasked with building approximately 180 pallets weighing more than 6,000 pounds each, Airmen from various specialties within the 380th ELRS jumped in to assist.

A United Nations ground crew member uses a forklift to unload pallets of wheat flour from a C-130 Hercules loaded with humanitarian relief supplies. The three-year-old relief effort has been able to resume its missions after a five month hold due to aircraft receiving ground fire over Sarajevo. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DF-ST-86-12535. Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

040305-A-1526R-011. Base: San Juan State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220726-N-PI330-1027 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (July 26, 2022) Equipment Operator 3rd Class Zachary Holteen, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133), operates a front-end loader on Naval Station Rota, Spain, July 26, 2022. NMCB 133 is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied, and partner interests.

Senior Airman Cheyanne Thorpe, a supply specialist with the 442d Logistics Readiness Squadron supply section, practices operating a forklift May 16, 2022, on Mildenhall Air Base, UK. Master Sgt. Anthony Burton, from the 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron supply section, provided the training.

U.S. Airmen from the 435th Air Mobility Squadron out of Ramstein Air Base load blankets, tarps and water containers onto C-130 aircraft in Pisa, Italy. These aircraft will then fly these supplies to Tunisia, March 4th 2011. The U.S. Government is working intensely with the International community to meet the humanitarian needs of the Lybian people and others in the country who fled across the borders.

050901-F-1439N-067. Base: Gowen Field State: Idaho (ID) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Flood relief items bound for Pakistan are loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, September 9, 2022 at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron worked hand in hand with Airmen from the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron to load more than 90,000 pounds of humanitarian aid bound for Pakistan. In total, approximately 1.4 million pounds of aid items were supplied from ADAB.

110212-N-6908J-011PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 12, 2011) Civilian mariners aboard the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Guadalupe (T-AO 200) stage several pallets of supplies to transfer to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during a replenishment at sea. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is underway conducting training exercises in preparation for an upcoming deployment to the western Pacific Ocean and U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

Staff Sgt. Juan Garces, 4th Logistics Readiness Squadron traffic management rotation manager, loads cargo onto trucks for Exercise Red Flag 22-3 at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, June 30, 2022. Approximately 350 Airmen and 16 F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing traveled to Nellis AFB, Nevada, to take part in the exercise as a lead wing.

CHITOSE AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Capt. Eric Elmore, 36th Airlift Squadron, and a member on the Japanese Defense Force push a pallet onto a C-130 at Chitose Air Base, March 29. The C-130 is getting humanitarian goods and supplies for the Japanese Defense Force in support of Operation Tomodachi.

Cargo is brought into a warehouse for quality checks during a deployment exercise at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, April 22, 2022. Exercise ARDENT CROSSBOW is the first time the 633d Air Base Wing is conducting agile combat support as an Air Base Squadron as part of Air Combat Commands effort to align into the Air Forces new four-phase Force Generation model (Available to Commit, Reset, Prepare and Ready). Through the stand-up of an Air Base Squadron and a supporting A-Staff, Airmen will be prepared to deploy as task-oriented, high-performing teams who are ready for crisis before crisis emerges.

LT. Treadway and CPT Porter load boxes into a freight container at the 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A US Navy CH-53 Sea Stallion delivers a sailor's favorite cargo, US MAIL. The nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) are operating in the Persian Gulf to support UN sanctions against Iraq. Opeation SOUTHERN WATCH, 7 February 1998. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHEN WATCH Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

970926-F-7910D-004. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

970520-F-1787R-239. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Doha Country: Qatar (QAT)

U.S. Airmen, from the 435th Air Mobility Squadron out of Ramstein Air Base, load blankets, tarps, and water containers onto C-130 aircraft in Pisa, Italy, on March 4, 2011. These aircraft will then fly these supplies to Tunisia. The U.S. Government is working intensely with the International community to meet the humanitarian needs of the Lybian people and others in the country who fled across the borders.

Pakistan Army soldiers and U.S. Marines with the Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 266 Reinforced (VMM-266 REIN), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU) unload food from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter in a flood affected area during flood relief operations in the Sindh province, Pakistan, October 18, 2010.

DN-ST-87-07752. Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Airmen with the 164th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Tennessee Air National Guard and Rhode Island Air National Guard, move Federal Emergency Management Agency emergency rations and water for transport to St. Thomas and St. John for Hurricane Irma relief efforts, Sept. 11. Virgin Islands National Guard members, Airmen, and Marines -with the help of US Navy helicopters and crews, have moved more than 100 tons of supplies to the affected areas.

011031-F-5795G-006. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

Senior Airman Tayvion Williams, a material management specialist assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, prepares cargo netting for a pallet containing humanitarian relief items from the U.S. Agency for International Development, September 8, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The 380th ELRS was tasked with building 180 pallets weighing approximately 6,000 pounds each in support of flood relief efforts in Pakistan.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Rason Bryant, left, 60th Aerial Port Squadron shift supervisor and Senior Airman Eric Nimey, 60th APS ramp service specialist, load a Tunner 60K aircraft cargo loader during readiness exercise Roundel Perun 22-01, at Travis Air Force Base, California, April 10, 2022. The base exercise was designed to enhance the capabilities of multiple squadrons in responding to possible real-world events.

A medium shot of an Army tank being loaded onto a C-130. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD/MAINTAIN DEMOCRACY Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030211-F-6809H-018. Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

021109-F-3873G-008. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

U.S. Air Force personnel offload medical supplies from a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 143rd Airlift Wing at Quonset Point Air National Guard Station, Rhode Island, at Baucau City Airport, Timor-Leste, Sept. 11, 2022, in support of Pacific Angel 22-4. The operation is scheduled for Sept.12-17 and will focus on capacity building through health services outreach, engineering civic action program construction projects and subject matter expert exchanges. The Indo-Pacific Command sponsors Pacific Angel to promote interoperability and demonstrate Department of Defense support capabilities for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief events by conducting global medical outreach and enhancing regional partnerships.

Using a forklift Air Force crewchiefs lineup downloaded pallets off a KC-10A Extender at Diego Garcia in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad, after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Diego Garcia Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT) Scene Major Command Shown: 28th AEW

050921-F-4970D-047. Base: Camp Beauregard State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU

A Royal Australian Air Force service member speaks with U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jordan Anderson, 15th Maintenance Squadron at RAAF Base Tindal, Northern Territory, Australia, Aug. 22, 2022. U.S. military components work with Allies and partners within the Indo-Pacific to strengthen communication and security cooperation.

Sailors clear pallets of cargo from the flight deck aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during a vertical replenishment at sea in the Pacific Ocean on June 29, 2010. Mercy is conducting Pacific Partnership 2010, the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian and civic assistance endeavors to strengthen regional partnerships.

Soldiers from the 155th Transportation Company, Fort Eustis, VA, adjust chains to secure connex boxes. Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

New York Army National Guard Soldiers of the 133rd Composite Supply Company, part of the 53rd Troop Command, warehouse and inventory the initialshipments of a FEMA Field Hospital for setup at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City March 25, 2020. The Javits Center will be converted to a temporary medical facility to ease the bed shortage of New York Hospitals as part of the state response to the COVID 19 outbreak. More than 2,000 New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are on duty as part of the response effort.

U.S. Navy Sailors with Navy Cargo Handling Battalion ONE aboard the USNS Seay (T-AKR-302) prepare cargo for lift before onloading onto the ship during exercise Native Fury 22 at Yanbu Commercial Port, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 27, 2022. The focus of Native Fury 22 is to execute a Maritime Prepositioning Force offload in a Western port of Saudi Arabia. MPF operations are the rapid deployment and assembly of a U.S. Marine Air Ground Task Force in a secure using inter-theater airlift and forward-deployed maritime pre-positioning ships.

050109-N-0057P-014. Country: Indian Ocean (IOC) Scene Major Command Shown: USS Shiloh (CG-67)

050108-F-7301C-018. Base: Richmond International Airport State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220915-N-XN177-2212 PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 15, 2022) - U.S. Marines move supplies onto an aircraft elevator aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) during a replenishment-at-sea with Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE 7) Sept. 15, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

031211-F-0881Z-026. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

Severe Storms and Tornadoes, Eagle Pass, TX, April 28, 2007 A National Guard truck load of tarps provided by FEMA stands next to a trailer load of ice provided by Texas. The supplies were distributed by members of the Texas Army National Guard. Earl Armstrong/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Jason Barbieri, 36th Airlift Squadron, guides a K-loader full of blankets onto a C-130H Hercules here March 18. The 36th Airlift Squadron provided blankets to Sendai Airport in support of Japan's earthquake and tsunami relief effort.

CHITOSE AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Steven Sheeley (left), and Capt Eric Elmore (right),36th Airlift Squadron, with the help from a member of the Japanese Defense Force push a pallet onto a C-130 at Chitose Air Base, March 29. The C-130 is getting humanitarian goods and supplies for the Japanese Defense Force in support of Operation Tomodachi.

SASEBO HARBOR, Japan (Jan. 9, 2023) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Shakeem Williams, right, from Jacksonville, Florida, and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Joshua Vasquez, left, from Jacksonville, Florida, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), push a pallet to an elevator during an ammunition on load on the ships flight deck while anchored in Sasebo Harbor, Jan. 9. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready-response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron load medical supplies onto a pallet for transport on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, July 23, 2022. Prior to being loaded on the aircraft, cargo is organized according to its destination.

020206-F-5453T-002. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

010331-N-0271M-011. Base: Uss Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: South China Sea

A U.S. Marine with 3rd Landing Support Battalion supervises a shipping container being staged at the unit marshaling area in preparation for Balikatan 23 in Subic Bay, Philippines, March 27, 2023. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences.

20915-N-XN177-2139 PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 15, 2022) - Sailors remove supplies from an aircraft elevator in aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) during a replenishment-at-sea with Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE 7) Sept. 15, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

021015-F-3873G-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Members of the 8th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron load Christmas Drop containers onto a 374th Tactical Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season. Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam(GU) Country: United States Of America(USA)

230902-N-LK647-1207 EAST MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Sep. 02, 2023) Boatswains Mate 3rd Class Olugbemiga Banjo Banjoko, assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60), uses a pallet jack to move stores, as the ship conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler USNS Laramie (T-AO 203), Sep. 02, 2023. Normandy is part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group and is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied, and partner interests.

060218-A-2718K-132. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DN-SC-90-04054. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

020312-F-5806B-047. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041015-F-9429S-011. Base: Grand Forks Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050615-A-1906W-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Area Office Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USACE

Material from Vice Admiral Allen - Principal Federal Official - 26-HK-370-60. File Unit includes photographs of Admrial Allen on CNN and Visits by Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton among others. Hurricane Katrina

NORFOLK (Oct. 7, 2016) A medical vehicle attached to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU), drives aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) during an onload of more than 500 Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and nearly 300 pallets of supplies. Iwo Jima is moored pierside at Naval Station Norfolk awaiting further tasking as Hurricane Matthew develops.

A team of Alaska National Guardsmen offload gifts, food and school supplies from a 144th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules, Dec. 3, 2016, in Akiachak, Alaska. The gifts were distributed to Akiachak residents as part of Operation Santa Claus.

050908-A-0575B-040. Subject Operation/Series: SWARMER Base: Samarra State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Devin Collins and Airman 1st Class Lou Averill, cargo processing specialists with the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, secure a pallet cargo net on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, July 23, 2022. Cargo processing procedures vary depending on the type of cargo.

Workers load boxes containing meals-ready-to-eat (MREs) onto a Red Cross truck after the supplies were delivered to Ethiopia by Military Airlift Command C-5A Galaxy aircraft. The Red Cross will deliver the MREs to refugees suffering due to Ethiopia's civil unrest. The MREs are excess military supplies and are made available by authority of the McCallum Program and the DOD Excess Property Program. Base: Addis Ababa Country: Ethiopia(ETH)

970412-F-7666R-170. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Doha Country: Qatar (QAT)

DF-ST-87-06662. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

061220-N-9851B-003. Base: Cfa Yokosuka State: Kanagawa Country: Japan (JPN)

Pallets of Halal meals are unloaded onto a truck bed as part of a humanitarian relief mission delivered by the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, July 31, 2010. Halal meals are prepared according to Islamic tradition. Floods in the region have displaced hundreds of thousands and killed hundreds.

BATON ROUGE, La. ñ Two members of the Louisiana Army National Guard use loading straps to secure housing units, or COGIMs, on the trailer of their vehicle at a Federal Emergency Management Agency site in Baton Rouge, La., Aug 13. The Guardmembers are part of a mission that is assisting FEMA with transporting the COGIMs from Fort Worth, Texas; Baton Rouge, La.; and Selma, Ala., to Camp Minden, La., where they will be stored and readied for future emergencies.

030625-F-5586B-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

U.S. Marines with 3rd Landing Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group and Filipino civilians offload equipment from U.S. Naval Vessel Dahl in preparation for Balikatan 23, at Subic Bay Port, Philippines, March 26, 2023. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. Military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences.

010203-F-5772H-506. Base: Ahmedabad Country: India (IND)

DF-ST-87-07760. Base: Pago Pago State: Tutuila Island Country: American Samoa (ASM)

Members of the Illinois Air National Guard assemble medical equipment at the McCormick Place Convention Center in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Chicago, Ill., April 8, 2020. Approximately 60 members of the Illinois Air National Guard were activated to support the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to temporarily convert part of the McCormick Place Convention Center into an Alternate Care Facility (ACF) for COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms who do not require intensive care in the Chicago area.

Troops of the 25th Infantry Division assemble on the pier as they prepare to board the amphibious assault ship USS BELLEAU WOOD (LHA-3) for transport to Kauai as part of Task Force Garden Isle, a joint military disaster relief effort being conducted in the aftermath of Hurricane Iniki. Subject Operation/Series: GARDEN ISLE Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Marine Corps Corporal C. Shelley guides US Marine Corps Sergeant J. Rasmussen, both from Marine Aerial Refueler/ Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352, a ride as he loads a pallet of cargo onto a Marine Corps C-130 Hercules aircraft during Operation NOBLE RESPONSE '98, Joint Task Force Kenya. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE RESPONSE '98 Base: Mombasa Country: Kenya (KEN)

110504-N-QP268-152MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 4, 2011) Sailors and Marines assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) participate in a working party during a vertical replenishment aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41). Whidbey Island is deployed as part of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility.

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